Preparing bias-cut laminated strips



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Patented Dec. 28,1926. 1 51 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

THOMAS MIIOGLEY, OF HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB' TO THE FISK RUBBER COMPANY, OF CEIGOPEE FALLS, MASSAOHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF mssacnu- SETTS. f v PREPARING, BIAS-CUT LAMINATED STRIPS.

Application flied December 8, 1924. Serial No. 754,522.

This invention relates to the production An underlying guide 19 may be used to preot bias-cut laminated strips, such for exvent sagging of web 11. As they pass respecample as are used in the building of autotively over and under the guide 18 the webs mobile tires of the cord type. Such strips cross eachother, being pushed or drawn out have customarily been made by cutting so that they extend beyond guide 18 a dissingle ply strips on the bias from a wide tance suflicient to permit strips of the width strip, and carrying the single strips to an desired being cut ofi. This condition is-iloperator who, with the aid of a drum or lustrated in Fig. 4:. When the desired posirevolvi'ng board, built up two ply endless tion of the superposed webs hasbeen attained form at one operation .from the original line 20. ethe cutting andthe consequent wide strips a two ply bias strip ready to be falling of the top cut-ofi strip on the bottom made into an endless band by a simple joinone may cause the two strips to adhere sufingof its ends. ficiently at least for purposes of transporta- Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic (plan view illusierred to press the strips together at the same trating my improved metho time that they are cut ofi from. their respec- Fig. 2 is a side elevation on line 2'.2 of tive webs. This can be done by press mem- Fig. 1; here or clamps 21 which, as appears from .2 Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale, Fi s. 3 and 4, are no ally separated, but on line 3--3 of Fig. 1; which close together as in Fig. at the time Fig. 4 is similar to Fig. 3, but shows a of the cut. I later stage in the method; ,1 One jorm of laminated strip, adapted for Fig. 5 is a similar view showing Ta: still what is known as a fish-tail joint, appears later stage; .in the severed laminated strips 22, shown at Fig. 6 is a detail of a laminated strip the right in Fig. 1. In this form the cross- Fig. s a side elevation of aband-formed way across the strips, producing two triby lapping the ends of a band so preparem' angular smgle-ply proiections 23' at each In Fig. 1, 10 and 11 are webs of material, end. If one of these strl sis bent into cirusually of the so-called cord fabric whieh is: cular form, as in-Flg- 7, t ese single-ply proused for the manufacture of tire casings, sup. ect1ons can be interfitted and adhesively seplied on rolls 12 and 13. -As the material is cured together by means of the rubber with rubberized ,at the time it is out its succeswhich the material is coated, so that a com- 85 sive layers are separated by a liner 14 to pletermg otumform two-ply thickness rekeep the rubber surfaces from adhering.to suits, An alternative form of .strip ilgethei. This liner is wound up on a roll 15, lustrated Fig. 6, which shows one end only. I one being supplied tor each web. The webs In this case the strips cross each other at one are each led under a slack or compensating edge of] the composite strip, forming only roll 16' and over a guide roll 17 to the cutone single'ply portion 24 at each end. When ting and laminating apparatus. lapped into endless form as in Fig. 7 this webs are arranged at an angle to each other, thickness. In 0rd r to produce one form or the angle being represented by- A. This the other, or any intermediate r'orm, it is angle can be yaried, depending on the angunecessary. only to vary the relative positions larity which it is desired that the cords of the webs in the direction of the length of should have in the strips which are to be out. line 20. Furthermore, by placing the two webs at un- Having thusdescribed my invention, I equal angles with relation to the cutting apclaim: paratus', the angularity of the cords in the 1. A method of making laminated matwo plies of the laminated sheets may be terial for use in tire building which commade' unequal. Web 10 passes over a se aprises moving two webs of rubberized marating guide 18, while web 11 passes un er terial angularly over oneanother without it, this keeping the two webs out of contact contact one with the other until portions of with each other at all times prior to cutting. the two strips are superposed, pressing tobands. It is the object of this invention to. they are severed simultaneously along the l 15 Referring to the drawingstion away from the cutting device, it is pre- I showing an alternative construction; and ing-points of the ends of the strips he nnd- It will be clear from Fig. 1 that the two type also gives a double ply band of uniform gether the superposed portions of and severing memb single ply end portions upon one another to facilitate splicing.

. method of making laminated ma- 10 terial for use in tire building which comprises moving two webs of rubberized material progressively in singularly disposed superposed paths whereby the leading end adapted to be lapped over the other but \vithout contact, intermittently pressing the leading end portions of the Web be produced a' succession of twoply strips having the strain-resisting mem bers of their plies crossing and having, single ply end portions adapted to he one another to facilitate splicin 

